Trail Guide: Mauna Ulu

Venture through a landscape that formed in a five-year eruption that recreated this land.

This trailguide tells the story of one of the longest known rift zone eruptions of Kīlauea.  The well-marked trail crosses massive lava fields, skirts gaping fissures, and takes you to spectacular features formed by rapidly cooling lava flows.

Author: Randy Ashley and Jay Robinson

Produced by the Interpretive Planning and Media Development branch of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Published: HPPA

Published: reprinted 6/11